Prop A unlikely to pass

Nov. 7, 2012

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As the polls closed last night, Jackie Arriola Marati and other key members of the anti-gambling group Keep Guam Good had spent more than 12 hours campaigning islandwide against Proposal A.

As of 12:30 a.m., the Guam Election Commission counted approximately 8,000 votes for the proposed commercial bingo operation at the former Guam Greyhound Park. Election tabulators counted 5,769 votes against the gambling initiative, and 3,063 yes votes.

Without a clear indication as of press time of the election results, Marati said she could only hope that the response she received yesterday from ...